Research Progress

• Stocking Density Affects Deposition and Transport of Trace Mineral Elements in Fattening Pigs

  Researchers in the Institute of Subtropical Agriculture (ISA) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences conducted a 30-day experiment to explore the effects of stocking density on serum and liver trace mineral deposition in fattening pigs.

  Nov 16, 2018
• Dynamic Calcium Feeding Affects Zinc Concentration, Gene Expression of Circadian Clock and Calcium Transporters in Laying Hens

  Researchers in the Institute of Subtropical Agriculture (ISA) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences conducted a 70-day experiment to explore the effects on serum Zn concentration, gene expression levels of circadian clock, Ca transporters and oxidative status in laying hens (Brown Hyline, 180 birds, 41-weeks) under the circadian feeding regimes with low Ca (3.2%) diets and high Ca (3.6%) diets in daily cycles.

  Nov 16, 2018
• Melatonin Reverses HF Diet-induced Lipid Accumulation and Gut Microbiota Alterations

  Researchers in the Institute of Subtropical Agriculture (ISA) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences conducted a series of experiment to explore the underlying mechanism of gut microbiota and SCFAs in the anti-obese effect of melatonin in HF diet-fed mice.

  Oct 30, 2018
• Vegetation Restoration Differently Improved Soil Quality in Karst Areas of Southwest of China

  Researchers from the Institute of Subtropical Agriculture (ISA) Chinese Academy of Sciences investigated the influence of different types of vegetation restoration on soil quality by using an integrated soil quality index (SQI) and a generalized linear model (GLM).

  Oct 30, 2018
• Can Maternal Feed Intake Restriction Alter Epigenetic Changes in Foetal Goats?

  Researchers from the Institute of Subtropical Agriculture (ISA) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with researchers in Hunan Institute of Animal and Veterinary Science, investigated the effects of effects of maternal feed intake restriction during pregnancy on the expression of growth regulation, imprinting and epigenetic transcription-related genes in foetal goats.

  Oct 19, 2018
• Proper Methionine Supplementation During Late Gestation Enhanced the Reproductive Performance of Sows

  Researchers in the Institute of Subtropical Agriculture (ISA) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences evaluated the effects of dietary methionine, administered during the late gestation period, on the production performance of sows.

  Oct 18, 2018
• Preventive Effects of Long-term Serine Administration on Aging and Underlying Mechanisms: Study

  Researchers in the Institute of Subtropical Agriculture (ISA) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences conducted a six-month experiment to explore the effects of serine administration on age-related oxidative stress and the signaling pathway involved.

  Sep 14, 2018
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  Which Resource Limits Soil Microbes in Karst Ecosystems?

  Researchers from the Institute of Subtropical Agriculture (ISA) of Chinese Academy of Sciences investigated the microbial resource limitation in a karst region, by selecting four main land-use types, i.e. cropland, grassland, shrubland and secondary forest, in areas underlain by two lithology types, i.e. dolomite and limestone, in southwest China. Ecoenzymatic stoichiometry was used as an indicator of microbial resource limitation.

  Sep 12, 2018
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  Nitrogen Addition Might Promote Soil Organic Carbon Accumulation

  Researchers from the Institute of Subtropical Agriculture (ISA) of Chinese Academy of Sciences synthesized data from 36 studies with 296 observations by a meta-analysis to evaluate the responses of SOC fractions to N additions.

  Sep 12, 2018
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  Major Greening and Biomass Increase in South China Karst During Recent Decade

  Recently, a new study by an international team from China, Denmark and France is among the first applying a set of state-of-the-art satellite data from various optical and passive microwave systems used to evidence a global increase in both vegetation cover and biomass.

  Aug 22, 2018